Here’s a classic Robert Johnson-style blues introduction in the key of A. #tunestr #blues #guitarist #guitarlessons #guitar

Get started with the delta blues with this cut-out-and-keep lesson. You’ll need to tune your guitar to open G - D, G, D, G, B, D. #tunestr #blues #guitarist #guitarlessons #guitar

A quick Lick of the Day from the van of mystery, at a top secret campsite in North Wales. Haven’t really got the right guitar for this one, cos there are no fret markers. But you’ll get the idea. I might re-do it on another guitar. It’s basically finger exercise variations on a signature Clapton lick at different positions on the neck. #blues #guitarist #guitarlessons #guitarlicks #guitarriff #acoustic #acousticguitar #fingerstyleguitar ##guitartutorials #tunestr

Adding a fun song to the Delta Kid Band set - the Grease classic You’re The One That I Want #tunestr #blues #guitarist #guitar #guitarlessons

I love Mississippi Hill country blues - this one is R.L. Burnside’s Crying Won’t Make Me Stay #tunestr #blues #guitarist #guitar #guitarlessons

Here’s the classic Mississippi Blues in period-accurate shirt :) #tunestr #blues #guitar #guitarist #guitarlessons

Recorded this in a car park. Keep your guitar with you, play while you’re watching TV, play while you’re waiting around. As David Crosby said, that way you get good. This is Muddy Waters’s Standing Around Crying, the full song, minus a few seconds at the end, which crossed Instagram’s three minute limit. If anyone gets to the end, maybe I ought to enter their name into a raffle 😂. Nah, on second thoughts, I’m not doing that. Working on an acoustic version of AC/DC‘s Hell’s Bells – watch this space :-) Have fun! 🤘#blues #guitarlessons #guitarlicks #guitarriff #guitartutorials #guitarist #acoustic #acousticguitar #fingerstyleguitar

Keeping this down, cos I’m in a hotel somewhere near London. Here are some classic Open G blues picking patterns. #blues #guitarlessons #guitarlicks #guitartutorials #guitarriff #guitarist #acousticguitar #fingerstyleguitar #acoustic

Here’s a Riff of the Day threefer - the same basic riff in E as played with distinctive variations by Eric Clapton, Joe Bonamassa, and Lightnin’ Hopkins. I’ve slowed them down so you can see what’s going on. Have fun! #blues #guitarist #guitarlessons #guitarlicks #guitartutorials #guitarriff #acoustic #acousticguitar #fingerstyleguitar

So here’s a lesson on R. L. Burnside’s classic Going Down South - see my reel with vocals a few days ago. In this one, I break down the two parts of the riff. It’s in standard tuning with the capo on fret 7 - this is the same key as the electric version you can find him playing in a 1974 Honkytonk on YouTube. Have fun! #bluestr #guitarist #guitarplayer #guitarlessons #guitarlicks #guitarriff #guitartutorials #acoustic #fingerstyleguitar

Today’s lesson - slipping n’ sliding 😁 This one’s all about adding value to each note by avoiding playing them straight. It’s hard to sound distinctive if each note is unchanged in some way. You can use vibrato, damping with your right hand, and different levels of attack – but one of the things that the great acoustic blues players tend to do is slide up to and down from notes and chords - like I’m doing here. See what you think, and have fun! #bluestr #guitarplayer #guitarist #guitarlessons #guitartutorials #guitarlife #acousticguitar

R.L. Burnside’s Going Down South is a classic of stripped-back blues. Like I say in the captions, it’s a dark little number, whichever way you look at it. #blues #guitarist #guitarlessons #guitartutorials #guitarriff #guitarlicks #acoustic

This deft little lick is based on an aside by Joe Bonamassa while he’s demonstrating a pre-war Martin D-42 on YouTube. Have fun! #Bluestr #Guitarist #GuitarLife #GuitarLessons #GuitarLicks #Acoustic #BluesGuitar

Here’s a pretty little descending sequence, which could be used to finish a blues in E. I’ve slowed it down so you can see what’s going on. Have fun! #blues #guitarlessons #guitarriff #guitartutorials #guitarlicks #guitarist #acousticguitar #acoustic #fingerstyleguitar

Here’s a lick you can use before you start a blues in E. Pretty much guaranteed to get people to listen 😁. It’s a lot easier than it sounds. Have fun! #bluestr #guitarlessons #guitarist #guitarriffs #guitarlicks #acousticguitar #blues

Here’s a smokin’ R. L. Burnside riff. Burnside was a Mississippi Hill country blues player, a style featuring mesmerising circular rhythms. This one is played in open G tuning: D, G, D, G, B, D, from low to high strings. Have fun! #bluestr #guitarlessons #guitarriffs #guitarist #acoustic #fingerstyle #guitar

Here’s a play through of some of my favourite acoustic blues riffs, licks and turnarounds in the key of E. I’ll be slowing some of these down in future lessons, so stick with me 😎🤘Have fun! #bluestr #guitarist #guitarlessons #guitarriffs #acoustic #fingerstyle #blues #guitar #guitarplayer

Here’s a classic Lightnin’ Hopkins lick in the key of E. Lightnin’ often uses a variation on this lick at the end of a 12-bar sequence. You hear it, for instance, at the end of verse in “Baby, Please Don’t Go”. Have fun! 🤘. #bluestr #guitarist #guitarlessons #acoustic #guitar #guitarriffs #fingerstyle

Hi everyone 🤘😁😎 Here’s the first in my “Riff of the Day” blues guitar series. It’s in the key of E, and starts on an A chord. Have fun! #bluestr #introductions #guitarist #deltablues #fingerstyle #acoustic #guitar #guitarlessons #guitarriffs